RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,
RECOGNIZING the need to also develop a performance standard
for protective coatings for void spaces on bulk carriers and oil tankers,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its eighty-third session, the proposed
Performance standard for protective coatings for void spaces on bulk
carriers and oil tankers,
1 1. ADOPTS the Performance standard for protective
coatings for void spaces on bulk carriers and oil tankers, the text
of which is set out in the Annex to the present resolution;
2 INVITES Member Governments to utilize the Performance
standard when applying protective coatings to void spaces on bulk
carriers and oil tankers.